Sheet-music turner



G. L. GEER. SHEET Muslc TURNER. PPLICATION FILED JUNE 18| 1919.

Patented Apr. l5, 1921.

GLENN L. enna, or nLMrRA, NnW Yonx.

SHEET-MUSIC TURNER.

' Y To all whom# concern:

Be it known that VI, GLENNl L. GEEK, a citizen of the United States of Amerlca, residin at Elmira, inthe county of Chemung and tate of New York, have invented cerl,

tain .new and useful Improvements in Sheet- Mus'ic Turners, of which the following is a specification.l ,n j

The primary object of the inventiony isa provision of a device for easily turning sheet music and is i especially` serviceable for pianos Aand music racks wherebv the `musician may turn the music without,v assistance or any interruption to the playing, the music being Vfirmly held in ,positionV for use and prevented from falling or slipping.

provide a. sheet music turner for instruments or racks combining cheapness with simplicity and being instantly operable for turning the music after the manner of a tripping operation.

A still further object of the invention is to provide means for turning the single sheet of a three-sheet piece of music easily and quickly, the device being simple in construction and inexpensive to manufacture while fully performing the object for which it is designed.

With these general objects in view the invention consists of the novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and then claimed. Like reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views of the drawings and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention positioned for use upon a piano rail, a portion of the latter being shown and the music sheets being indicated by dotted lines. f i

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof partially broken away and with parts removed.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a portion of the invention upon an enlarged scale. Y

Figs. 4c and 5 are transverse sectional views taken upon lines IV-IV and V-V of Fig. 3 and i Fig. 6 is a detailed view showing the adjacent sheets of music with the holding arm in transverse sections. Y

Referring more in detail tomy invention, I provide a support 10 preferably formed of sheet metal adapted for attachment to any desired member for conveniently positioning Specification of Letters Patent.

A further object of the invention is to,

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` applicati@ flied :rune 1s, 1919. serial No. 305,013. L l A the sheet music., the support 10 being herein illustrated provided with an angular attach-. lng end 11 secured tothe horizontal .musicV rail 12 of the piano. In this manner, thc-60 support 10 preferably formed of slightly resilient sheet metal is adapted for positioning a double sheet of music ljoutstretched b'etweenthe support 10 and the adjacent side 14C of the piano. The support 10 is inclined 65 according to the slope of the piano 14 for pressing against the music 13, holding it in position upright on the rail 12 with the central or creased portion of the sheet 13 behind the support 10. i

A tube 15 secured to the support 10 by strap 16er any suitable manner has a shaft 17 axially j ournaled therethrough by means of caps- 18 threaded in the opposite'ends of the tube 15. An arm 19 projects perpendic- 75 ularlylfrom the upper end oftheshaft 17 being rigidly secured to theisha'ft and having a plurality of clips 2O for securing the upper edge of a single sheet of music 21 to the arm 19. The clips 2O are preferably in 80V the form of struck-up resilient portions of the arm 19 and suspend the sheet 21 from the arm exposing either side rof the sheet 21 to View depending upon the position of the arm 19. j

The shaft 17 is slidable longitudinally of the tube 15 through the caps 18 and is normally positioned depressed with the arm 19 seated in a hook or bracket 22 adjacent the top of the support 10 and whereby the arm 90 v lthe tube 15 having one end of the spring secured as at 24 to the shaft 17 and the other 95 end of the spring projecting through a side slot 25 of the stationary tube 15.

From this construction itA will be understood that the bracket 22 normally maintains the arm 19 and sheet 21 outstretched 100 at one side of the support 10 while upon elevating the shaft 17 the spring28 will automatically/swing the arm 19 and sheet 21 to the opposite side of the support 10, exposing the opposite side vof the sheet 21 to 105 view, the elevating of the shaft 17 releasing the arm 19 from the bracket 22.

An operating lever 26 is pivotedv in ears 27 upon the Vend 11 of the support 10, the inner end of the said lever being in the formV of a socket 28 in which the lower end of the shaft 17 is seated after the nature of a thrust bearing, the spring 23 normally hold-` ing the shaft 17 lowered while the overhalanced outer end 29 of the lever 26 assists in maintaining the shaft 17 and lever 26 in their operative engagement.

"With the device positioned upon a piano or music rack and the sheet 21 as well as the sheet 13 of music positioned as illustrated, the player may instantly depress the finger piece 3() at the outer extremityof the lever 26 vthereby releasing the arm lQ'and causing the spring 23 to automatically turn the sheet 21.` Vhile the preferred form of the invention, as herein set forth, fulfils the objects designed for the same, minor changes y may be made therein if found desirable without departing from the spirit and scope of myinvention. v

Vhat I claim as new is- Y 1. A music leaf turner comprising a resilient Sheet metal support having an angular lower end adapted to be secured to a music rail with the main portion of the support projecting upwardly adjacent the piano for the holding reception of a sheet of music therebetween, a tube upon the front of the support, a shaft slidable andV rotatable through the tube, an arm projectingV from the shaft adapted for supporting a sheet of Lemme end of the support having a socket at its inj ner end within which the shaft is seated and having a finger piece upon its outer end for shifting the lever to elevate the shaft. and free the arm carried thereby from engagement with the bracket.V l

2. A music leaf turner of the type described comprising amounting bracket, a

tubular housing fixed to the bracket, a tensionedv shaft rotatably and slidably mounted in the tubular housing, a music leaf engaging arm carried by the upper end of the shaft, a lug carried by the mounting bracket normally engaging the music leaf arm for holding the shaft under tension and a lever pivoted to the lower end of the mounting bracket'with the lower end of the tensioned shaft seated on the inner end thereof whereby movement of the lever will elevate the shaft to free the music leaf carryingarm from engagement with the retaining lug.

`In testimony whereof I aiiiX my signature.

GLENN L. GEER. 

